PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Teddy Bailey (ranked 6637 p4p, 6792 weight class) and Marc Lopez (ranked 630 p4p, 637 weight class). Marc Lopez has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Teddy Bailey's chin.

Bailey
vs
Lopez

178 cm
17
190
0 - 1 - 0

176 cm
19
189
1 - 1 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Counter fighter
KO power

BJJ Purple Belt
Counter fighter
Granite chin

Core Combat
Hot Spunk

METTLE
Distinct Label

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 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Teddy Bailey!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Marc Lopez!
The judges for this bout are Alan Glass, Cecil Peabody and Wesley Smith.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Bailey drives through with a takedown into guard.
Bailey has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Bailey content to stall in guard here.

Lopez is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Bailey is aware though and is defending well.
Bailey knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Lopez on the ground.
Lopez pulls Bailey in close to his closed guard and prevents Bailey from doing any damage or advancing position.
Lopez will have to put a bit more behind his punches if he's going to do any damage from this position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Bailey is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Lopez is working for submissions here. He's thrown up his legs looking for a triangle but Bailey frees his head nicely. Oh but Lopez has switched to an armbar! Bailey is tapping furiously! Lovely submission there!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:56 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle Armbar). Marc Lopez!
Our winner, Marc Lopez, 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.