PBP Commentary

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

Persecutioned
vs
Lopez

191 cm
30
199 lbs
18 - 15 - 0

185 cm
33
187 lbs
15 - 12 - 1

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
Excellent MT
Good gas tank

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 18 - 15 - 0, fighting out of New York, Johny Persecutioned!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 15 - 12 - 1, fighting out of New York, Frank Lopez!
The judges for this bout are Dean Styles, Joseph Jones and Russell Pearce.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Good leg kick by Persecutioned there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Persecutioned throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Lopez throws a chopping leg kick but Persecutioned manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Persecutioned is looking to counter the offense by Lopez and move into the clinch.
Persecutioned misses with a right hand
and Lopez makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Johny Persecutioned seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Lopez throws a leg kick but Persecutioned sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Persecutioned misses with a right hand
and Lopez counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Persecutioned swinging wildly here.
Persecutioned throws a body punch but Lopez moves out of range.
Lopez misses the shot to the body.
Persecutioned appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Lopez lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Persecutioned shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. Lopez manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.
Persecutioned content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Persecutioned won't allow Lopez to sweep him here.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lopez is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Lopez wants to sweep here but Persecutioned controlling him for the moment.
Persecutioned keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Lopez's head.
Persecutioned is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
Lopez wants to stand up but Persecutioned is controlling him.
Persecutioned in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Lopez wants to stand and escape but Persecutioned is having none of it.
Persecutioned with a nice head shot there.
Persecutioned postures up and lands a big shot to Lopez's brow.
Lopez looking to control.
Persecutioned trying to control but Lopez is working from the bottom.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lopez tries to strike from the bottom.
Lopez is adopting a defensive guard.
Persecutioned works over Lopez with some ground and pound from guard.
Persecutioned with a flurry of punches that miss.
Lopez wants to stand up but Persecutioned is controlling him.
Persecutioned trying to control the position from guard on top but Lopez is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Lopez is trying to control the position but Persecutioned postures up.
Persecutioned scoring with some ground and pound.
Lopez is looking to stand up but Persecutioned isn't so interested in that idea.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Persecutioned landing some decent shots from guard.
Lopez looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Lopez has momentary wrist control but Persecutioned slips an elbow through the middle.
Persecutioned keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Lopez's head.
Persecutioned scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Persecutioned postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Lopez manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Persecutioned manages to get himself to full guard.

Lopez postures up in Persecutioned's guard and throws a big left but Persecutioned blocks it.
Persecutioned throwing strikes off his back to little effect.
Lopez trying to control the position from guard on top but Persecutioned is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Lopez pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Persecutioned is keeping the position for now.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Lopez avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Lopez wants to stand but Persecutioned has a closed guard, so he can't escape.
Persecutioned throws a couple of weedy looking strikes off his back.
Lopez is looking to stand up but Persecutioned won't let him.
Lopez throwing strikes from guard but Persecutioned blocks nicely.
Lopez wants to control from the top but Persecutioned keeps moving.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Lopez is in a good position here but he's just trying to control... And he's not even managing to do that successfully.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Johny Persecutioned dominated that round.
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 misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Lopez cracks a nice hook into Persecutioned's ribs.
Persecutioned lands a high kick!

It looks like Frank Lopez has been cut.
Persecutioned steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Lopez.
Lopez throws a body shot but no joy.
Persecutioned connects with the punch.
Persecutioned works over Lopez's head and body with a nice combination.

Lopez is rocked!
Lopez digs a good body shot into Persecutioned's ribs.
Lopez misses with a right hand
letting Persecutioned counter with a right hand.
Lopez is still on wobbly legs! Can Persecutioned finish him?
Persecutioned fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Lopez seems to have recovered his senses.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Lopez jabs Persecutioned to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Persecutioned is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Lopez.
Lopez now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Persecutioned lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lopez blocks a jab.
Persecutioned throws a half hearted mid kick.
A looping hook to the body misses from Persecutioned. Lopez does a little dance to reset his feet.
A countering left hand to the body from Lopez misses.
A nice leg kick lands there from Persecutioned.
Persecutioned takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Lopez gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Lopez takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Lopez throws a push kick but Persecutioned slaps the foot to one side.
Lopez misses with an uppercut
and Persecutioned counters with a nice uppercut.
Persecutioned misses with a wild body shot.
A lazy body kick from Persecutioned
and Lopez counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Lopez throws a leg kick

and Persecutioned counters with a single leg into guard. Lopez didn't expect that.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Lopez keeping moving, preventing Persecutioned from controlling successfully.
Persecutioned won't allow Lopez to get back to his feet.
Lopez tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Lopez working a defensive guard here.
Persecutioned cracks Lopez with a solid left hand.
Lopez looking for a sweep. Not yet Lopez, not yet.
Persecutioned chips away with some ground and pound.

Lopez has his feet on Persecutioned's hips. He pushes off and gets to his feet. Nice work.
Persecutioned throws a body shot but no joy.
Persecutioned swings away with a body shot that misses
and Lopez counters with a stiff right hand.
Lopez misses with a kick to the body.
Lopez slips a jab from Persecutioned.
Lopez is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Persecutioned rather than just go for the knockout.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lopez takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Johny Persecutioned is winning the standup battle so far.
Lopez throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Lopez throws a leg kick

and Persecutioned counters with a nice double leg into guard.
Persecutioned scoring with punches to the head and body.
Lopez has a butterfly guard looking to sweep but Persecutioned has passed into side control.
Persecutioned working the ground and pound.
Lopez wants to control but Persecutioned postures up.
Lopez tries to escape but Persecutioned is in control.
Lopez is trying to control Persecutioned's posture but Persecutioned avoids it.
Persecutioned lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Lopez down.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Lopez wants to control but Persecutioned postures up.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Persecutioned is looking to take a break and control but Lopez is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Lopez is trying to improve his position.
Lopez manages to work his way to half guard, despite Persecutioned's best efforts.
Lopez wants to improve his position but Persecutioned is controlling well.
Persecutioned is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Lopez can do to turn this around?
Ground and pound from Persecutioned.
Persecutioned has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Persecutioned takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Persecutioned scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Persecutioned drops an elbow to the side of Lopez's head.
Persecutioned lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Persecutioned lands with a punch from half guard.
Persecutioned lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Johny Persecutioned dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Frank Lopez's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!

Persecutioned walks forward and throws a big overhand right! Lopez drops to the floor like a sack of potatoes! Persecutioned swarms on him with more punches until the referee wrestles him away from Lopez's unconscious body! Wow, that was brutal!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:05 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Johny Persecutioned!
Johny Persecutioned thanked the fans post fight for their support.