PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Miguel Lopez (ranked 8334 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dan Gable (ranked 6241 p4p, 0 weight class). Lopez comes to the cage accompanied by Vamos. Gable has chosen The Warrior as his entrance music. Miguel Lopez could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Dan Gable's chin.

Lopez
vs
Gable

181 cm
51
162 lbs
60 - 42 - 2

175 cm
18
170 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
Good chin

Good wrestler
Basic striking
Tends to cut

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 60 - 42 - 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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Dan Gable!
The judges for this bout are John Kavanagh, Jorge Garcia and Eddie Farnsworth.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Lopez.
Gable pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Lopez swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Gable.
A looping hook to the body misses from Gable. Lopez does a little dance to reset his feet.
Gable slips a jab and a cross from Lopez.
Gable is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Lopez.
Dan Gable seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Lopez uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Gable.
Lopez drops his hands momentarily and Gable takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Gable misses with a body shot.
Lopez looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Lopez displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Gable throws out the jab.
Lopez misses with a wild combination.
Gable misses with a straight left.
Lopez tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Gable was well out of range. Poor timing from Lopez.
The fighters circling - Gable throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Gable looks to land a left hand but Lopez moved out of range nicely.
Gable throws a jab when Lopez was well out of range.
It looked like Lopez was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Gable.
Lopez throws a one two combo.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Lopez keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Gable.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gable misses with a hook
and Lopez makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Lopez misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Lopez throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Decent striking displayed by Gable there.
Gable misses with a hook.
Lopez changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Lopez steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Gable.
Lopez avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Lopez thinks about countering with a head kick.
Gable throws a big shot that misses.
An attempted straight right counter from Lopez misses the target.
Gable throws a good cross that connects.
Lopez scores with a spinning back kick!
Gable looks to throw the jab but Lopez is out of range.
Gable with a nice cross.
Lopez ducks under a wild hook from Gable.
Gable throws a series of punches but Lopez avoids them all with ease.
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!
Gable scores with a sloppy right hand. Lopez should have avoided that one.
Lopez swings for the body but Gable moves out of range.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gable misses with a straight left.
Gable lunges at Lopez with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Lopez's hand.
Lopez slips a straight right by Gable.
Lopez takes one to the side of the head.
Nice shot lands for Gable.
Gable moves into range and connects with a jab.
Gable misses with an uppercut. Lopez saw that one coming.
Lopez misses with a wild body shot.
Gable works the jab nicely.
Gable is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Lopez.
A counter left hand to the body from Lopez misses its target.
Lopez is looking to land body kicks.
Gable swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Lopez slips under a jab from Gable.
Jab from Gable.
Lopez defending well as Gable loads up on a big left hand.
Lopez swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Gable throws a series of punches but Lopez avoids them all with ease.
Lopez pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Gable throws out a counter right but Lopez avoids it with no problem.
Gable scores with a jab.
Gable throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Lopez stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A jab from Gable does it's job there.
Gable bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Lopez's head backwards.
Lopez is looking to wear down Gable with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Lopez takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Gable avoids the body shot from Lopez.
Gable's corner calls for a 1-2. Gable obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Gable is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Lopez had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
Gable with a hook.
Gable lands an overhand right.
Lopez looks to score with a jab to the body but Gable is just out of range.
Gable swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Lopez.
Lopez lands with a nice body punch.
Gable takes a shot right to the bread basket.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Gable takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
A countering left hand to the body from Gable misses.
Lopez ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Gable misses with an uppercut.
Lopez moves out of range as Gable strikes.
Lopez goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
A jab from Lopez finds it's way through Gable's defenses.
Gable might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lopez shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Gable throws an off balance right hand
and Lopez counters with a nice body shot.
Gable scores with a nice right hand.
Lopez looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Nice uppercut lands for Gable. That snapped Lopez's head back.
Lopez throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
A shot to the liver by Gable. Beautiful body shot.
Gable throws a body shot but no joy.
Lopez looks to land a body kick but Gable moved away.
Gable looks to throw the jab but Lopez is out of range.
Gable scores with a punch to the head.
Gable misses with a right hand
and Lopez counters with a nice body shot.
Gable dips to his left and cracks Lopez with an uppercut!
Gable ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Lopez moves away.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Lopez takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Gable misses with a body shot.
Lopez uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Gable.
Gable takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Dan Gable dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Lopez throws a body shot but no joy.
A punch lands to the side of Lopez 's head but he takes it in his stride.
This entire fight has taken place on the feet so far and you wonder whether Lopez might be better served trying to take this one to the ground because he's losing the standup battle so far.
Lopez missing with a left hand there. Gable was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Gable scores with a crisp jab that stopped Lopez in his tracks.
Gable connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Lopez looks to be in better condition than last time we saw him fight. Obviously he's been working hard on his cardio.
Gable smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Gable swings for the body but Lopez moves out of range.
Lopez thinks about countering with a head kick.
Gable uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Lopez has time to react.
Lopez throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Nice straight punches there by Gable. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Gable.
Gable paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Gable getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
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!
Gable fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Lopez manages to avoid it.
Jab from Gable.
Lopez keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Gable.
Lopez is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
Gable throws a hook to the side of Lopez's head but Lopez sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Lopez moves forwards but Gable connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Gable throws a right hand that Lopez ducks under and follows up with a left that Lopez also avoids with ease.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lopez avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Lopez keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Gable throws a body punch but Lopez moves out of range.
Gable misses the jab.
No joy there for Lopez, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Gable fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Gable takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Gable misses with a jab to the body
and Lopez counters with a right hand to the body.
Lopez misses with a body kick.
The fighters circle momentarily. Gable darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Gable fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Lopez looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Gable has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Gable uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Lopez has time to react.
Miguel Lopez is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Lopez lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Gable at a distance.
Lopez moves out of range as Gable strikes.
Gable misses with a series of wild punches.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A swing and a miss from Gable.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gable connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Gable misses with a straight right.
Gable sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Gable throws a lazy uppercut
and Lopez makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Gable scores with a punch to the head.
A big right from Gable misses.
Gable misses with a right hand
and Lopez counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Gable scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Lopez swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Gable is looking for the big counter here.
Gable misses the jab.
Gable throws a hook but Lopez avoids it easily.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Gable throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Lopez counters with a nice body kick.
Lopez keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Gable.
Gable misses with an uppercut.
Gable throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Gable jabbing away but nothing is landing.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lopez misses the shot to the body.
Lopez pushes Gable away with a front kick.
Lopez throws a shot to the body.
Lopez shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Lopez thuds his shin into the meat of Gable's side.
Gable swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Lopez moves away from the strike by Gable.
Lopez looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Lopez.
Gable throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Lopez on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Gable misses with a right hand
and Lopez finishes the little exchange by landing a big kick to the body.
Gable misses with a looping left.
Lopez throws a quick counter kick to the body but Gable avoids it.
Gable with a jab.
Lopez drops his hands momentarily and Gable takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Lopez gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gable connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Lopez misses with a few strikes there.
Gable ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Lopez moves away.
Gable fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Lopez manages to avoid it.
Gable scores with a decent looking hook.
A jab from Gable finds it's way through Lopez's defenses.
Gable throws out a loose jab but Lopez uses good head movement to avoid it.
Lopez takes a swing at Gable's ribcage but misses.
Gable cracks Lopez with a good jab.
A head kick misses from Lopez.
Gable throws the left hand but Lopez avoids the punch easily.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Lopez misses with an attempted mid kick.
Lopez uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Gable.
Lopez quickly followed up with a counter body kick but doesn't connect.
Gable connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Gable throws a hook to the side of Lopez's head but Lopez sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Dan Gable showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!

Lopez walks into a jab.
Gable bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Lopez's head.
Lopez misses with a double jab.
Lopez connects with a high kick.
Nice uppercut lands for Gable. That snapped Lopez's head back.
A jab from Gable misses.
Lopez ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Gable moves away.
Gable misses with a straight left.
A big left from Gable misses.
It looked like Lopez was looking amped, ready to throw a big counter but didn't commit.
Gable throws a jab when Lopez was well out of range.
Lopez is looking to counter punch.
Gable swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Lopez.
Lopez pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Gable throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Gable throws a lazy right hand but Lopez sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
It looked like Lopez was looking amped, ready to throw a big counter but didn't commit.
Gable swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Lopez avoids the body shot from Gable.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Lopez swings for the body but Gable moves out of range.
It seemed like Gable was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Dan Gable seems to be getting the better of the standup.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lopez just misses with a punch to the body.
Gable throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Gable pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Gable takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Gable throws a shot from downtown. Lopez moves away and avoids it.
Gable misses with a looping right.
Gable uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Lopez.
The fighters circling - Gable throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Lopez ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Lopez throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Gable stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Lopez walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
A punch combination from Lopez misses.
Gable looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Gable scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Lopez takes a swing at Gable's ribcage but misses.
Gable scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Lopez moves out of range of the strikes.
Gable has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Lopez.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lopez slips a jab from Gable.
Lopez throws a series of punches but Gable moves out of range.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Gable takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Lopez ducks under a wild hook from Gable.
Gable throws a hook to the side of Lopez's head but Lopez sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Gable swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Lopez.
Lopez misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Lopez shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Lopez ducks under a wild hook from Gable.
Gable throws a hook but Lopez avoids it easily.
Gable scores with a jab to the jaw.
A decent looking cross lands there for Gable.
Lopez throws a body punch but Gable moves out of range.
Lopez moves away from the strike by Gable.
Gable waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Lopez.
Lopez went nuts there looking for a big combo counter but none of the flurry connected.
Lopez misses the shot to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gable connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Gable works Lopez's body with a nice hook.
Gable connects with a single shot there.
Gable scores with a jab to the jaw.
Lopez misses with a double jab.
Lopez shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Gable misses with a looping left.
A quick step to the side and Lopez tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
A swing and a miss from Gable.
Gable misses with an uppercut.
Lopez tries to land a front kick but Gable steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
A swing and a miss from Gable.
Gable throws a sloppy body shot
enabling Lopez to counter with a crisp jab.
Lopez defending well as Gable loads up on a big left hand.
Nice uppercut lands for Gable. That snapped Lopez's head back.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Lopez blocks a jab.
Lopez went nuts there looking for a big combo counter but none of the flurry connected.
Lopez looks to score with a jab to the body but Gable is just out of range.
Gable looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lopez tries a head kick but it misses.
Lopez uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Gable.
Gable lands with a right hand.
Lopez is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Gable misses with a hook
and Lopez counters with a solid body kick.
Gable misses with an uppercut. Lopez saw that one coming.
Gable misses with a left hand
and Lopez counters with a two punch combo.

It looks like Dan Gable has been cut.
A jab from Gable misses.
Lopez moves out of range of the strikes.
Lopez uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Gable.
Gable keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Dan Gable is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Gable with a body punch. A glancing blow.
A telegraphed right hand from Gable misses the target.
Miguel Lopez has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Lopez blocks a jab.
A looping hook to the body misses from Gable. Lopez does a little dance to reset his feet.

And that's the end of the fight!
Dan Gable comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Gable has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 John Kavanagh scores the fight 27:30
Judge Jorge Garcia scores the fight 27:30
Judge Eddie Farnsworth scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Dan Gable!
A victorious Dan Gable thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.
The defeated Miguel Lopez had this to say: 'i wanna thank everybody for being there for me. feels unreal but this was my last fight, hanging up the gloves'.