PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Pepe Lopez (ranked 2951 p4p, 5246 weight class) and Antonio Reyes (ranked 347 p4p, 483 weight class). The key to victory for Pepe Lopez has got to be keeping the fight on the feet.

Lopez
vs
Reyes

178 cm
26
160
3 - 2 - 0

180 cm
19
165
1 - 1 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Very quick

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Granite chin

BRAZEN - Fight Gear

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 3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Pepe Lopez!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Antonio Reyes!
The judges for this bout are Fedor Mirinova, Illya Tyunina and Vladimir Khabensky.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Lopez feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Reyess jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Reyes gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Reyes takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Pepe Lopez seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Lopez thuds a left hand into Reyes's body.
Reyes takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Some wild striking there from Reyes.
Lopez lands an overhand right.
Lopez seems to be moving with more speed, compared to his last bout. He must have been working on that in the gym.
Lopez throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Lopez works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Reyes misses with a double jab.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Reyes throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Lopez lands a jab to the head.
Lopez fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Reyes on the side of the head.

Reyes shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches Lopez napping and manages to drive through into side control!

Reyes swings around for an armbar but Lopez sees it coming a mile off and turns beautifully into Reyes's guard.
Lopez trying to control but Reyes is working from the bottom.
Lopez knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Reyes on the ground.
Lopez passes Reyes's right leg, so he's now in half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Lopez lands a nice short elbow.
Lopez seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Lopez is trying to control the action in half guard but Reyes is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Lopez keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action.
Reyes moves into full guard.
Lopez is looking to stand up but Reyes won't let him.
Reyes has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.
Lopez working some strikes from top position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Reyes seems keen to control Lopez's posture.
Reyes throwing strikes off his back to little effect.
Lopez lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Reyes looking to hit a scissor sweep but Lopez is one step ahead there.
Lopez wants to control from the top but Reyes keeps moving.
Lopez has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Reyes controlling the position.
Reyes bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Lopez's guard.

Lopez working a defensive guard here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Reyes is looking to work some ground and pound but Lopez has wrist control.
Reyes controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
Reyes works a leg free and moves into half guard.
Reyes looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.
Lopez controlling the position for now.
Reyes not doing much here.
We must be close to a standup if these guys don't pick up the pace.
Reyes wants to pass the guard but Lopez is defending well.

The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Lopez moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Lopez fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Reyes looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Good standup being displayed there by Lopez as he connects with a hook.
Lopez lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Reyes at a distance.
Lopez lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Lopez stuns Reyes with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Lopez lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Reyes's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Reyes duly obliges.
Reyes jabbing away but nothing is landing.
We've been informed that Reyes has been working hard on his conditioning in the buildup to the fight.
Lopez paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Lopez with a hook.
Lopez digs a good hook to Reyes's body.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Pepe Lopez dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Lopez blocks a jab.
Lopez cracks Reyes with a right hand to the side of the head.
Reyes ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Lopez moves away.
Reyes takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Reyes takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Lopez misses the shot to the body.
Reyes tests Lopez's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Reyes thows a left - swing and a miss!
Reyes shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Lopez sprawls well. Lopez wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Reyes gets slowly back to his feet.
Reyes looks to throw the jab but Lopez is out of range.
Reyes has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Lopez dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Lopez uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Reyes.
The crowd cheers as Lopez lands an impressive looking overhand right. Reyes doesn't seem phased though.
Reyes misses with a takedown attempt - Lopez sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lopez takes a jab right on the kisser.
A left lands for Lopez.
Reyes throws a hook but Lopez avoids it easily.
Lopez sizes up Reyes with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Lopez wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Reyes has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Lopez finds it's way round the side to connect with Reyes's head.
Lopez uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Reyes has time to react.
Lopez misses with a series of wild punches.
Reyes misses with a wild body shot.
A counter left hand to the body from Lopez misses its target.
Reyes throws a right hand that misses
and Lopez counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Reyes with a jab.

Lopez is rocked!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Reyes drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Reyes swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
A left lands for Lopez.
Reyes tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Lopez was well out of range. Poor timing from Reyes.
Lopez throwing a counter right hand but Reyes manages to avoid it.
Reyes drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.

Reyes closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Lopez did well to prevent Reyes getting side control.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Reyes is looking for a kimura but Lopez is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Reyes to get the leverage.
Reyes is breathing heavily.
Reyes prevents Lopez from improving his position.
Lopez gets back to full guard.
Lopez is trying to keep Reyes in close.
Antonio Reyes has got the better of the ground game so far.
Reyes looking to pass the guard.
Reyes is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
The referee looks like he's ready to step in and stand the fighters back up.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.
Reyes looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Lopez is fending him off so far but Reyes persists. Nope, Lopez circles away and we're back to standing.
Pepe Lopez has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Antonio Reyes.
Lopez with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Reyes on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Lopez stuns Reyes with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Reyes swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Lopez.
Lopez connects with a crisp jab.
Good exchange - Lopez coming out on top.
Antonio Reyes is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.

Reyes dives in and scores a takedown into Lopez's guard.
Reyes with a flurry of punches that miss.
Reyes won't allow Lopez to sweep him here.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Reyes pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Lopez is keeping the position for now.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Reyes is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Lopez is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Lopez wants to sweep here but Reyes controlling him for the moment.
The referee looks like he's ready to step in and stand the fighters back up.
Lopez manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Reyes manages to get himself to full guard.

And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Pepe Lopez dominated that second round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!

Lopez cracks a nice hook into Reyes's ribs.
Reyes will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Lopez throws out a powerful jab.
Lopez misses with a jab, cross combination.
Lopez keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Lopez lands a nice hook to Reyes's body. Reyes takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Lopez lands with a hook. Reyes tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Lopez cracks a nice hook into Reyes's ribs.

Reyes closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Lopez to the mat! Lopez manages to get full guard.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Lopez is looking to stand up but Reyes isn't so interested in that idea.
Lopez is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lopez is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.

Lopez blocks the strikes from Reyes.
Reyes is pressing down on Lopez's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
Reyes wants to control here, rather than go for any submissions from the bottom. At least for now.
Reyes lands a beautiful sweep and he's now moved into his opponent's guard.

Reyes pushing down on Lopez's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lopez wants to improve his position but Reyes is controlling well.
Reyes is figuring out what he wants to do next.

Reyes decides to stand up.
A jab from Lopez finds it's way through Reyes's defenses.
Lopez connects with a right hand. Reyes shakes it off.
Lopez ducks under a wild hook from Reyes.
Lopez is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
Pepe Lopez is winning the standup battle so far.
Lopez stuffs the takedown.
Lopez cracks Reyes with an open hand slap.
Reyes throws out a loose jab but Lopez uses good head movement to avoid it.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Reyes gets cracked there but stands up to it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Reyes shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Reyes takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Reyes throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Lopez sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Reyes throws the left hand but Lopez avoids the punch easily.
Jab, jab by Lopez - just one landing.
Reyes misses with a left hand
and Lopez counters with a left to the body.
Reyes takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Lopez lands a slapping body shot.
Lopez lands a nice looking body shot.
Lopez moves out of range of the strikes.
Reyes on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Lopez connects with a nice looking jab.
Lopez smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Reyes will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Pepe Lopez has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Antonio Reyes.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Lopez lands with a nice body punch.
Reyes misses with an uppercut.
Lopez is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Reyes can do to turn this around?
Lopez lands a really nice looking cross but Reyes seems unphased.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lopez tests Reyes's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Lopez ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Pepe Lopez is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Lopez lunges at Reyes with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Reyes's hand.
Lopez throws out a powerful jab.
Lopez lands a body shot.
Reyes takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Lopez takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Reyes takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Reyes misses with a combination
and Lopez counters with a one-two to the body.
Reyes throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Lopez's waist but Lopez gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Reyes off to one side.
Reyes doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Reyes on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Lopez lands a body shot.
Antonio Reyes has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Pepe Lopez is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Reyes takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Lopez with a nice cross.

And that's the end of the fight!
Pepe Lopez showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Lopez, 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 Fedor Mirinova scores the fight 30:27
Judge Illya Tyunina scores the fight 30:27
Judge Vladimir Khabensky scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Pepe Lopez!
A very excited looking Pepe Lopez made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.