PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Miguel Lopez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Raphael Swanson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Lopez comes to the cage accompanied by Vamos. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Lopez
vs
Swanson

181 cm
45
162 lbs
52 - 22 - 2

189 cm
27
164 lbs
7 - 8 - 1

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Very quick

BJJ Purple Belt
Decent boxing
Good gas tank

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 52 - 22 - 2, fighting out of New York, Miguel Lopez!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 8 - 1, fighting out of Los Angeles, Raphael Swanson !
The judges for this bout are John Kavanagh, Lou da Vinci and Chad Campbell.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Lopez with a jab.
Swanson misses with a shot to the body
and Lopez counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Swanson throws a series of punches but Lopez avoids them all with ease.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Swanson on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Lopez misses with a series of wild punches.
Swanson swinging wildly here.
Lopez connects with a nice looking jab.
Lopez jabs Swanson right on the nose. Swanson blinks but takes it well.
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!
Swanson throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Lopez counters with a left and a right that stings Swanson .
Swanson will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Lopez looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Swanson throws a lazy right hand but Lopez sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Swanson misses with a jab, cross combination.
Lopez connects with a good right hand that stumbles Swanson . Swanson circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Swanson fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Swanson misses with the combination.
Swanson misses with a double jab.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Swanson swinging wildly here.
Lopez lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Swanson takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Lopez scores with a nice right hand.
Swanson has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Lopez finds it's way round the side to connect with Swanson 's head.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Lopez - that will leave a mark!
Lopez seems to be moving with more speed, compared to his last bout. He must have been working on that in the gym.
Swanson throws a poor cross that misses
and Lopez counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Swanson throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Lopez counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Lopez lands a body shot.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Lopez connects with a high kick.
Lopez fakes the leg kick and cracks Swanson in the body.
Lopez throws a leg kick which misses Swanson 's front leg but catches the back leg as Swanson tries to avoid it.
Swanson steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Lopez. That one must have hurt.
Lopez's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Lopez duly obliges.
Lopez scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Swanson misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Lopez throws a counter high kick but Swanson was just alert enough to avoid it.
Swanson will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Lopez scores with a head kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Swanson swinging wildly here.
Swanson is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Lopez connects with a jab.
Lopez showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Swanson .
Lopez scores with a head kick.
Lopez throws a series of strikes that have Swanson backpedaling.
Lopez misses with a few strikes there.
Lopez is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Jab by Lopez.
Lopez keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Lopez scores with a body shot.
Lopez goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Swanson throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Lopez cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.

Swanson is rocked!
Lopez is looking to slow Swanson down with leg kicks.
Lopez looks to land a combination but Swanson avoids it well.
Lopez fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lopez connects with an inside leg kick.
Swanson swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Lopez plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Lopez is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Lopez lands a nice shot that snaps Swanson 's head back.
Swanson is still on wobbly legs! Can Lopez finish him?
Swanson swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Swanson seems to have recovered his senses.
Lopez rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Swanson moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Swanson throws a series of punches but Lopez moves out of range.
Swanson walks forward, straight into a front kick from Lopez.
Swanson misses with a double jab
and Lopez counters with a body kick.
Lopez dodges the punch combination from Swanson .
A combination from Swanson does no damage.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Swanson swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Lopez counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Swanson looks winded!
Swanson takes a kick to the side of the head.
Lopez lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Lopez.
Swanson just misses with a punch to the body.
A head kick from Lopez lands but Swanson takes it in his stride.
Swanson misses the jab.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Swanson swings away with a body shot that misses
and Lopez counters with a two punch combo.
Swanson finds himself stumbling back on wobbly legs after being clipped by a right hand. He's up against the cage, ducking and weaving under Lopez's strikes but an uppercut finds it's way through and Swanson falls! - He's completely out of it and the ref jumps in to save him!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:09 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Miguel Lopez!
During a confident post fight interview, Miguel Lopez thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.