PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Drew Peacock (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Miguel Lopez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Lopez has chosen Vamos as his entrance music. Drew Peacock had a look across the cage there at his opponent. He definitely means business

Peacock
vs
Lopez

182 cm
26
161 lbs
10 - 7 - 1

181 cm
48
162 lbs
55 - 29 - 2

Good wrestling
Great elbows
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Excellent MT
Solid chin

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 10 - 7 - 1, fighting out of New York, Drew Peacock!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 55 - 29 - 2, fighting out of New York, Miguel Lopez!
The judges for this bout are Eddie Farnsworth, David Schapiro and Russell Pearce.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Peacock misses with a double jab
and Lopez counters with a nice uppercut.
Lopez keeps the fight on the outside.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Lopez! But no joy.
Peacock stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Peacock misses with a straight left.
It seemed like Lopez was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Peacock closes the distance looking to clinch
and Lopez counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Lopez slips under a jab from Peacock.
It seemed like Lopez was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.

Peacock closes the distance and clinches.
Lopez is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Peacock using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Lopez has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Lopez tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Peacock's elbow.
Peacock presses Lopez against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Lopez dodges an elbow strike from Peacock.
Peacock with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Peacock lands a knee to the body.
Peacock lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Peacock throws an elbow that misses.

Lopez breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

Peacock darts in and clinches Lopez up against the cage.
Peacock landing some nice looking knees to the body.
A nice left hand lands by Lopez.
Lopez's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Peacock lands an elbow inside that Lopez shrugs off.

It looks like Miguel Lopez has been cut.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Lopez takes an elbow to the forehead.
Peacock tries to land a knee to the head but misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Peacock pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Peacock using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Lopez has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Peacock looking to throw knees to the head but Lopez is blocking nicely.

Lopez breaks from the clinch.
Peacock tries to close the distance and clinch but Lopez swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Peacock tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Peacock tries to clinch up.
Drew Peacock seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Peacock forces Lopez back against the cage and clinches.
Peacock tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Peacock just misses with a elbow thrown towards Lopez's brow.

Lopez manages to break the clinch.
Peacock tries to close the distance and clinch up but Lopez swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Lopez throws out a counter right but Peacock avoids it with no problem.
Peacock tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Lopez paws at him with a jab and circles away.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lopez circles away from the clinch attempt.
Peacock rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Lopez moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Lopez is looking for the big counter here.
Lopez's coach down at Midnight MMA was telling us pre-fight that they have been working on Lopez's balance. Obviously they view that as a key factor in the outcome of this fight.
Peacock wants to clinch up but Lopez keeps it at a distance.
Lopez looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Peacock tries to clinch but Lopez moves away
and Lopez counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Lopez uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Peacock.

Peacock takes the fight into the clinch.
A right hook to the body lands for Peacock.
Lopez tries to work over Peacock's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Lopez throws a punch but it's blocked by Peacock.
Lopez misses with a hook from the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lopez is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Peacock lands a left hand that snaps the head of Lopez backwards.
Peacock misses with a punch to the body.

Lopez breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Lopez circles away from the clinch attempt.
Lopez avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Lopez takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Peacock tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Lopez keeps the fight on the outside.
Peacock fails with an attempt to clinch.
Lopez doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Peacock swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Peacock tries to clinch up.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Drew Peacock dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Miguel Lopez's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Peacock throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Lopez.
Peacock tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Lopez paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Peacock tries a head kick but it misses.
Peacock fails with an attempt to clinch.
Lopez looks like he wants to counter punch here.

Peacock drives through and clinches with Lopez against the cage.
Peacock using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Lopez has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.

Lopez breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Peacock tries to clinch there but Lopez circles away.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Peacock fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Lopez looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Peacock moves in looking to clinch but Lopez pushes him off.
Peacock tries to close the distance and clinch but Lopez swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Peacock wants to clinch.
Peacock looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.

Peacock rushes Lopez and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Peacock tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Peacock is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Lopez can do to turn this around?
Lopez misses with a punch on the inside.
Lopez wants to break the clinch but can't.
Peacock tries a knee to the head but Lopez blocks it.
A nice right hand lands inside from Peacock.

Lopez breaks from the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Peacock tries to clinch but Lopez moves away
and Lopez counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Peacock wants to clinch up but Lopez keeps it at a distance.

Peacock moves into range and clinches up with Lopez.
Peacock misses with a shot to the kidneys.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Peacock just misses with a elbow thrown towards Lopez's brow.
Peacock is looking to control Lopez's arms but Lopez gets an underhook and turns him. Now Peacock has his back to the cage.
Peacock on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Peacock tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Lopez's elbow.
Peacock tries a knee to the head but Lopez blocks it.
Lopez looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.

Lopez breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

Peacock moves into the clinch.
Lopez blocks an elbow strike from Peacock.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Peacock stalling the fight.
Lopez misses with a shot to the kidneys.

Lopez's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Peacock fails with an attempt to clinch.
A countering left hand to the body from Lopez misses.
Peacock tries to clinch but Lopez moves out of range.
Peacock throws a series of punches but Lopez moves out of range.

Peacock pushes Lopez up against the cage in a clinch.
Lopez looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Lopez wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Peacock tries a knee to the head but Lopez blocks it.
Lopez managing to block the knees to the body from Peacock.
Peacock scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Lopez pushes Peacock back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Peacock throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Lopezs head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Peacock unloads a knee to the mid-section. Lopez lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Peacock keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Lopez's efforts to push away.
Lopez looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Drew Peacock has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Lopez on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Peacock throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Lopez blocks it with crossed arms.

Lopez's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Drew Peacock is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Peacock is looking to clinch.
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!

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Peacock displaying some good clinch control by pressing Lopez up against the cage.
Lopez has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Drew Peacock dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Miguel Lopez's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!

Some wild striking there from Peacock.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Lopez! But no joy.
Peacock tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Lopez manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Miguel Lopez seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Peacock wants to clinch.
A little jabbing left from Lopez on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.

Peacock moves into the clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Lopez blocks an elbow strike from Peacock.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Peacock with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Peacock blocks an uppercut.
Lopez takes an elbow to the temple.
Lopez blocks an elbow strike.
Peacock working some nice short punches in the clinch.
A hook to the body from Peacock.

Lopez manages to break the clinch.
Good shot there by Peacock.
Peacock tries to clinch there but Lopez circles away.
Peacock clobbers Lopez with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
The fight stays on the outside here - Peacock looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Peacock tries to clinch but Lopez is having none of it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The fight stays on the outside here - Peacock looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Peacock fails in his attempt to clinch.

Peacock closes the distance and clinches.

Lopez breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

Peacock gets in close and instigates a clinch.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Lopez is trying to push Peacock away but Peacock has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Peacock content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Peacock crunches a lovely knee into Lopez's ribcage.

Lopez breaks from the clinch.
Lopez circles away from the clinch attempt
and Lopez cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Peacock gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Peacock lands with a light punch inside.
Peacock has Lopez pressed against the cage, preventing Lopez from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Nice body punch from Peacock.
A short left from Peacock.
Lopez wants to break free but Peacock has control.
Lopez tries to break the clinch but Peacock is controlling the position.
The referee calls for Peacock to work.
Lopez digs a right hand into Peacock's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Peacock's gas tank.
Lopez wants to stall.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Peacock blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Peacock leaning against his opponent.
Peacock lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Drew Peacock is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Peacock throws a head punch that misses.
Peacock lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Lopez blocking some punches.
Lopez lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Peacock lands a nice uppercut.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Peacock throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Lopez blocks it with crossed arms.
Miguel Lopez has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Nice body punch from Lopez - that landed with a thud.
Peacock tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Lopez wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Peacock misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Lopez.
Peacock has Lopez pressed against the cage, preventing Lopez from circling away and getting back to striking at range.

And that's the end of the fight!
Drew Peacock showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Peacock, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Eddie Farnsworth scores the fight 30:27
Judge David Schapiro scores the fight 30:27
Judge Russell Pearce scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Drew Peacock!
Our winner, Drew Peacock, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.
In defeat, Miguel Lopez stepped up to the mic, saying 'i wanna thank everybody for being there for me. feels unreal but this was my last fight, hanging up the gloves'.