PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Stefan Harpik (ranked 2030 p4p, 218 weight class) and Canelo Lopez (ranked 3139 p4p, 333 weight class). There are an array of beautiful celebrities at ringside tonight! I wonder if any of them paid for their tickets.

Harpik
vs
Lopez

200 cm
25
270 lbs
5 - 1 - 0

193 cm
19
262 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

Good takedowns
Basic striking
Cuts easily

BJJ White Belt
Decent boxing
Powerful

Freebok (85% Laundry)

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Stefan Harpik!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Canelo Lopez!
The judges for this bout are Steve Erwin, Ron Honeybunn and Summer Carpenter.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Good exchange - Lopez coming out on top.

It looks like Stefan Harpik has been cut.
Harpik shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Lopez counters with a right hand to the body.
Harpik doesn't succeed with the takedown
letting Lopez counter with a right hand.

Harpik throws a loose over hand right and dives in with a double leg takedown. Lopez tries to sprawl but it's too late and the fighters hit the mat. Harpik is in Lopez's guard.
Lopez wants to stand but Harpik is controlling the position.
Harpik trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Lopez wants to stand and escape but Harpik is having none of it.
Lopez preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Lopez wants to get back to his feet but Harpik is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Harpik scoring with some ground and pound.
Harpik scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Harpik lands a couple of digs.
Harpik is stalling in the full guard.
Harpik is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Both fighters have adopted an aggressive gameplan on the ground!
Lopez wants to get back to his feet but Harpik is in a dominant position and won't allow it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lopez is using up a lot of energy trying to get back to his feet. Perhaps he should improve his position first.
Harpik controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
Harpik stops Lopez from standing up.
Lopez really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Harpik. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Harpik is working Lopez over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Lopez is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Harpik is controlling him.
Harpik throwing strikes but missing.
Lopez is looking to stand up but Harpik isn't so interested in that idea.
Harpik throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Lopez works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Harpik prevents Lopez from getting back to his feet.
Harpik lands a couple of digs.
Harpik with a flurry of punches that miss.
Harpik with a nice head shot there.
Harpik slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.
Lopez looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Harpik in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
Lopez takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.
Lopez is trying to stand back up. He's worked his way up against the cage but Harpik has just dragged him back down to the mat.
Harpik landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.
Harpik working the head and body with strikes.
Lopez is looking to work his way out of this bad position but Harpik is controlling him well.
Harpik lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Lopez down.
Harpik is looking to take a break and control but Lopez is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Lopez defending against the ground and pound.
Harpik is putting a hurting on Lopez here, landing some big shots from side control.
Lopez wants to escape from the position here - easier said than done!
Harpik is looking to take a break and control but Lopez is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Lopez is putting a lot of effort into getting back to his feet here.
Harpik scores with a couple of short elbows.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Harpik prevents Lopez from escaping the position.
Lopez on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
Lopez on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
Lopez wants to get back to his feet but Harpik drags him back down.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Lopez can do anything to dispel that myth.
Lopez taking a bit of punishment here - Harpik scoring with strikes.
Lopez takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.

It looks like Canelo Lopez has been cut.
Harpik working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
We've been hearing that Harpik has been drilling a lot of ground and pound in training, so let's see if he get the finish.
Lopez is not in a great position here, taking some shots.
Harpik lands a decent elbow from side control.
Harpik working the ground and pound.
Lopez is looking to work his way out of this bad position but Harpik is controlling him well.
Harpik scoring with punches from side control.
Lopez is putting a lot of effort into getting back to his feet here.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Harpik scores with a couple of short elbows.
Harpik working the ground and pound.
The strikes coming from Harpik are missing the target in this wave of attacks.
Harpik 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.
Lopez is trying to escape and get back to his feet.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sloppy strikes there by Harpik.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Harpik in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
Harpik cracks Lopez with an elbow. That is naaassty.

Lopez is rocked!
Harpik scores with a big shot from side control... and another... and another! Oh Lopez is done here - save him referee! More strikes land and eventually the ref does step in and Harpik can finally stop beating on his defenseless opponent!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:31 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Stefan Harpik!
Our winner, Stefan Harpik, 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.