PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Avraam Papadopoulos (ranked 138 p4p, 22 weight class) and Timiko Chen Lo (ranked 264 p4p, 38 weight class). Chen Lo has chosen Welcome to the Jungle as his entrance music. Avraam Papadopoulos could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Timiko Chen Lo's chin.

Papadopoulos
vs
Chen Lo

187 cm
27
181 lbs
14 - 4 - 0

180 cm
25
184 lbs
13 - 4 - 0

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World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Olympic wrestler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 14 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Avraam Papadopoulos!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 13 - 4 - 0, fighting out of London, Timiko Chen Lo!
The judges for this bout are Anthony Taglia, John Roberts and Dean Styles.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Jab from Papadopoulos.
Papadopoulos throws a shot from downtown. Chen Lo moves away and avoids it.
A big left from Chen Lo misses.
We've been told by Papadopoulos's head coaches at Gym Boiks that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
Chen Lo walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
A solid leg kick lands there for Papadopoulos.
Chen Lo dodges the punch combination from Papadopoulos.
Papadopoulos uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Chen Lo swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Papadopoulos slips under a jab.
A leg kick checked by Chen Lo.
Chen Lo looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Papadopoulos throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Chen Lo's head.
A jab from Papadopoulos finds it's way through Chen Lo's defenses.
Papadopoulos misses with a low kick.
Papadopoulos lands with a thumping leg kick.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Papadopoulos throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Chen Lo throws a jab when Papadopoulos was well out of range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Papadopoulos lands with a right hand.
Papadopoulos is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Chen Lo misses with a body shot.
Papadopoulos takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Papadopoulos scores with a nice head shot.
Papadopoulos throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Chen Lo on the side of the head.
Papadopoulos misses with a looping left.
Chen Lo is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Papadopoulos with a body shot.
Nice body punch from Papadopoulos.
Papadopoulos lands a head kick. Chen Lo smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
A big right from Papadopoulos misses.
Chen Lo now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Papadopoulos.
Papadopoulos misses with a looping right.
Good leg kick by Papadopoulos there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
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!
Papadopoulos connects with a right hand. Chen Lo shakes it off.
Papadopoulos scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Papadopoulos looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Chen Lo misses with the combination.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A looping hook to the body misses from Papadopoulos. Chen Lo does a little dance to reset his feet.
Papadopoulos scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Papadopoulos pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Papadopoulos.
Papadopoulos lands a jab to the head.
Papadopoulos connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Chen Lo's hands.
Chen Lo drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Chen Lo's jab looks to have found its range, popping Papadopoulos under the eye.
Papadopoulos lands a nice leg kick that just misses Chen Lo's sensitive parts.
Chen Lo misses the body punch
and Papadopoulos counters with a thumping low kick.
Papadopoulos misses with a head kick.
Papadopoulos cracks the inside of Chen Lo's front leg.
Papadopoulos connects with a solid leg kick.
Papadopoulos cracks Chen Lo with a right hand to the side of the head.
Chen Lo lands with a good body shot.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Chen Lo throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Papadopoulos.
Papadopoulos thows a left - swing and a miss!
Papadopoulos is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Chen Lo slips a jab from Papadopoulos.
Chen Lo swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Papadopoulos connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Papadopoulos throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Chen Lo counters with a lovely straight right hand!

It looks like Avraam Papadopoulos has been cut.
Papadopoulos misses with a wild body shot.

Papadopoulos instigates a clinch.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Chen Lo.
Papadopoulos can't find room to land a body shot as Chen Lo controls the action.
Papadopoulos tries to work over Chen Lo's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Papadopoulos struggles to land a body shot inside as Chen Lo controls his hands.
Come on Chen Lo - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Papadopoulos pushes Chen Lo back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Papadopoulos misses with a shot to the kidneys.
A hook to the body from Chen Lo.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Papadopoulos lands with a short shot to the head.
Chen Lo misses with some punches.
Chen Lo is leaning against Papadopoulos and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Chen Lo blocks a body shot from Papadopoulos.
Chen Lo can't find room to land a body shot as Papadopoulos controls the action.
Papadopoulos throws a head punch that misses.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Chen Lo.

Chen Lo breaks the clinch.
Papadopoulos throws a nice head kick!
Papadopoulos throws a combination. Chen Lo tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Chen Lo throws a right and a left that Papadopoulos avoids nicely.
Chen Lo ducks under a wild hook from Papadopoulos.
A nice side step and Chen Lo releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Papadopoulos connects with a jab.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Chen Lo throws a right hand that misses
and Papadopoulos counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Papadopoulos moves out of range of the strikes.
Papadopoulos moves in looking to clinch but Chen Lo pushes him off.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Avraam Papadopoulos dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Avraam Papadopoulos's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Papadopoulos throws a low kick but it's checked well by Chen Lo.
Papadopoulos throws a head kick that misses.
Papadopoulos cracks Chen Lo with a right hand to the side of the head.
Chen Lo misses with a double jab.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Papadopoulos.
Chen Lo throws a hook to the side of Papadopoulos's head but Papadopoulos sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Papadopoulos sizes up Chen Lo with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Papadopoulos throws a looping overhand right but Chen Lo ducks down to avoid it.
Papadopoulos fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Chen Lo.
Chen Lo throws a lazy right hand but Papadopoulos sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Chen Lo uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Papadopoulos.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Nice uppercut lands for Papadopoulos. That snapped Chen Lo's head back.
Papadopoulos misses with a low kick.
Chen Lo lands with an overhand left.
Papadopoulos misses with a low kick.
Chen Lo appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Papadopoulos fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Papadopoulos waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Chen Lo.
Chen Lo ducks under a wild hook from Papadopoulos.
Chen Lo looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Chen Lo has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Papadopoulos throws a looping overhand right but Chen Lo ducks down to avoid it.
Chen Lo lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Papadopoulos throws out a powerful jab.
Papadopoulos ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Chen Lo chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Papadopoulos can pounce on him.
We are yet to see a takedown attempt from Chen Lo in the fight. On paper you would think he is the more dominant ground fighter so let's see if these unusual tactics pay off.
Papadopoulos loads up on a big right hand but Chen Lo slips the punch.
Papadopoulos lands a jab.
Papadopoulos lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Chen Lo looks to score with a jab to the body but Papadopoulos is just out of range.
Papadopoulos swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Avraam Papadopoulos seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Papadopoulos throws a quick inside leg kick.
The fighters circling - Papadopoulos throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
A looping hook to the body misses from Papadopoulos. Chen Lo does a little dance to reset his feet.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A big right from Chen Lo misses.
Papadopoulos throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Chen Lo is looking for the big counter here.
Papadopoulos lands with a thumping leg kick.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Papadopoulos misses with a body kick.
Papadopoulos throws a nice outside leg kick.
Papadopoulos connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Chen Lo momentarily.
Good exchange - Papadopoulos coming out on top.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Papadopoulos tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Chen Lo's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Chen Lo blocks a body shot from Papadopoulos.
Chen Lo digs a right hand underneath Papadopoulos's ribcage. Papadopoulos let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Papadopoulos tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Chen Lo's elbow.
Papadopoulos goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Papadopoulos tries to throw a body punch but Chen Lo avoids it by throwing Papadopoulos back against the cage.
Chen Lo has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Papadopoulos seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Chen Lo can turn it around.
Chen Lo blocks a body shot from Papadopoulos.
Papadopoulos lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Papadopoulos goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Papadopoulos misses with a body punch.
Papadopoulos presses Chen Lo against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Chen Lo doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Papadopoulos goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Chen Lo tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Papadopoulos blocks an uppercut.
Papadopoulos swings wildly with an uppercut but Chen Lo uses good head movement to avoid it.
Papadopoulos misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Papadopoulos tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Chen Lo's elbow.
Papadopoulos blocks an uppercut.
Papadopoulos is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Chen Lo can do to turn this around?
Chen Lo tries a body shot but Papadopoulos blocks it.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Papadopoulos.
Papadopoulos misses with a short punch on the inside.
Papadopoulos lands with a short head shot on the inside.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Chen Lo tries to throw a body punch but Papadopoulos avoids it by throwing Chen Lo back against the cage.
Papadopoulos tries to throw a body punch but Chen Lo avoids it by throwing Papadopoulos back against the cage.
Papadopoulos misses with a hook to the ribs.
Papadopoulos tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Chen Lo's elbow.
A right handed body shot lands from Papadopoulos.
Papadopoulos lands a hook that snaps the head of Chen Lo backwards.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Chen Lo.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Papadopoulos.
Papadopoulos throws a head punch that misses.
Papadopoulos misses with a body punch.
Papadopoulos tries to throw a body punch but Chen Lo avoids it by throwing Papadopoulos back against the cage.
Papadopoulos softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Papadopoulos doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Chen Lo can't find room to land a body shot as Papadopoulos controls the action.
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!
Papadopoulos lands a nice uppercut.
A right hook to the body lands for Papadopoulos.
Papadopoulos misses with some punches.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Avraam Papadopoulos dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Avraam Papadopoulos's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!

Papadopoulos is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Chen Lo.
Avraam Papadopoulos is winning the standup battle so far.
Papadopoulos is looking to clinch but Chen Lo is avoiding it.
It seemed like Chen Lo was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Papadopoulos waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Chen Lo.
Chen Lo let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Papadopoulos wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Chen Lo takes a swing at Papadopoulos's ribcage but misses.
Papadopoulos lands with a kick to the temple. Chen Lo shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Papadopoulos scores with a jab.
Papadopoulos misses with a leg kick.
Chen Lo doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Papadopoulos uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Chen Lo.
Papadopoulos connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Papadopoulos takes a swing at Chen Lo's ribcage but misses.
A leg kick checked by Chen Lo.
Chen Lo swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Chen Lo on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
A telegraphed right hand from Papadopoulos misses the target.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Papadopoulos wants to slow Chen Lo down by chopping away at his legs.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Papadopoulos swings widly with a right hand
and Chen Lo counters with a left to the body.
Papadopoulos scores with a jab. Chen Lo acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Papadopoulos throws a body shot but no joy.
Chen Lo appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Papadopoulos is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Papadopoulos throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Chen Lo swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Chen Lo uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Papadopoulos.
Papadopoulos tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Papadopoulos tries to clinch up but Chen Lo circles away and keeps his distance.
A head kick misses from Papadopoulos.
Papadopoulos catches Chen Lo with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Papadopoulos misses with a wild body shot.
A nice leg kick lands there from Papadopoulos.
Papadopoulos jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Papadopoulos looks to land a right hand but Chen Lo moved out of range.
Timiko Chen Lo has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Chen Lo looks to throw the jab but Papadopoulos is out of range.
Papadopoulos throws a solid leg kick but Chen Lo takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Papadopoulos.
Chen Lo ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Papadopoulos moves away.
Good standup being displayed there by Papadopoulos as he connects with a hook.
Chen Lo takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Chen Lo takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Papadopoulos tried to score with a low kick but Chen Lo checks it.
Chen Lo checks the leg kick.
Papadopoulos throws a jab but it's blocked by Chen Lo.
Papadopoulos throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Chen Lo.
Papadopoulos tests Chen Lo's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Papadopoulos plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Papadopoulos scores with a body shot.
Chen Lo displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Papadopoulos throws out the jab.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Chen Lo looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Papadopoulos scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Donk. Papadopoulos catches Chen Lo right on the button with a cross.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Papadopoulos.
Papadopoulos lands with a thumping leg kick.
Chen Lo throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Papadopoulos ducks under a wild hook from Chen Lo.
Chen Lo uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Papadopoulos.
A head kick from Papadopoulos lands but Chen Lo takes it in his stride.
Chen Lo looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
A little feinted left hand from Papadopoulos on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Papadopoulos throws a shot from downtown. Chen Lo moves away and avoids it.
Chen Lo is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.
Papadopoulos lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Papadopoulos keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Papadopoulos chopping away at his opponent's legs.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A looping hook to the body misses from Chen Lo. Papadopoulos does a little dance to reset his feet.
A counter left hand to the body from Papadopoulos misses its target.
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!
Papadopoulos scores with a leg kick.
Papadopoulos throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Chen Lo ducks under a wild hook from Papadopoulos.
Papadopoulos lands a nice hook to Chen Lo's body. Chen Lo takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Chen Lo takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Papadopoulos fakes the leg kick and cracks Chen Lo in the body.
Papadopoulos misses with a few strikes there.
Chen Lo takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Chen Lo misses the shot to the body.
Chen Lo takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Papadopoulos scores with a jab. Chen Lo acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Papadopoulos throws a nice looking combination but Chen Lo bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Papadopoulos looks to land a left hand but Chen Lo moved out of range nicely.
Papadopoulos throws a nice outside leg kick.

And that's the end of the fight!
Avraam Papadopoulos showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Papadopoulos has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Anthony Taglia scores the fight 30:27
Judge John Roberts scores the fight 30:27
Judge Dean Styles scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Avraam Papadopoulos!
An out of breath Avraam Papadopoulos thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.
The defeated Timiko Chen Lo had this to say: 'I want to thank Freebok for sponsoring me. Buy there the have cool stuff!!! FREEBOK!!!'.