PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Antonio Flores (ranked 3446 p4p, 5812 weight class) and Arturo Lowery (ranked 380 p4p, 524 weight class). Flores kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is A New Religion - Ministry. Fingers crossed for an exciting fight - I'm sure both fighters are looking for a nice under the table bonus!

Flores
vs
Lowery

175 cm
19
181
3 - 5 - 0

180 cm
26
170
5 - 6 - 0

Good wrestling
Brawler
Granite chin

BJJ White Belt
Counter fighter
Solid chin

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 3 - 5 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Antonio Flores!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 6 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Arturo Lowery!
The judges for this bout are Sandra Marshall, Winston Alpacca and Dirk Anderson.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Lowery moves in looking to clinch but Flores pushes him off.
Flores circles away from the clinch attempt.
Antonio Flores seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Flores misses the body punch
and Lowery connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Flores has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Flores there as he acknowledges the shot.
Flores throws an ugly left hook that misses
letting Lowery counter with a right hand.
Flores throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Lowery lands a lovely overhand right.
Lowery slips a straight right by Flores.
Flores misses with a lunging right hand
and Lowery connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.

It looks like Antonio Flores has been cut.
Flores misses the jab.
Lowery moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Flores misses with a wild body shot.
Lowery appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Flores swings away with a body shot that misses
and Flores takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Flores keeps the fight on the outside.
Flores lands with a kick to the temple. Lowery shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Flores swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Lowery counters with a nice uppercut.
Flores gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Flores throws out a loose jab but Lowery uses good head movement to avoid it.
Flores swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
A telegraphed right hand from Flores misses the target.
Flores definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Flores throws a leg kick
and Lowery counters with a stiff right hand.
Lowery ducks under a wild hook from Flores.
Flores misses the jab.
Flores ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lowery bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Flores misses with a kick to the body.
Lowery is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Flores had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into mush.
Flores misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Flores connects with a right hand. Lowery shakes it off.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Flores rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
letting Lowery counter with a right hand.
Lowery is looking to clinch.
Lowery dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Flores throws a poor cross that misses
and Lowery counters with a stiff right hand.
Flores just misses with a punch to the body.
Lowery now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Lowery throws a looping overhand right but Flores ducks down to avoid it.
Flores throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Lowery 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.
Nice shot by Flores.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A good leg kick by Flores.
Jab by Lowery.
Flores throws an off balance right hand

and Lowery counters by clinching up.
Lowery takes an elbow to the forehead.
Flores swings wildly with an uppercut but Lowery uses good head movement to avoid it.
Lowery swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Lowery lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Lowery misses with the head strike.
Lowery tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Lowery misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Lowery has a couple of punches blocked by Flores.
Flores blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Flores is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Lowery is defending well for now.
Good body shot from Lowery.
Flores blocks a punch to the side of the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Flores creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Lowery swings away with an uppercut that misses.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Flores stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.

Flores manages to break the clinch.
Lowery scores with a crisp jab that stopped Flores in his tracks.
Lowery takes one to the side of the head.
Flores uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Lowery.
Flores misses with a double jab
and Lowery cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Lowery tries to move into range but Flores moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Lowery lands a really nice looking cross but Flores seems unphased.
A looping hook to the body misses from Lowery. Flores does a little dance to reset his feet.
Lowery blocks a jab.
Lowery is trying to avoid his opponent's strikes and get into the clinch.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Arturo Lowery dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Antonio Flores's cut.
That's time! Flores's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Flores loads up on a big right hand but Lowery slips the punch.
Flores moves out of range as Lowery strikes.
Flores tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Lowery was well out of range. Poor timing from Flores.
Flores takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Lowery slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
A looping hook to the body misses from Flores. Lowery does a little dance to reset his feet.
Flores looks to throw the jab but Lowery is out of range.
Lowery steps in looking to clinch after the strikes miss from Flores.
Lowery throws a right hand that misses
and Flores counters with a lovely straight right hand!
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Lowery is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Flores.
Flores swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
A swing and a miss from Flores.
Flores tries a head kick but it misses.
Lowery throws a hook to the side of Flores's head but Flores sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lowery misses with a looping left.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Flores lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Lowery has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Lowery and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Lowery is trying to avoid his opponent's strikes and get into the clinch.
Lowery thows a left - swing and a miss!
Lowery lands a nice looking body shot.
A head kick from Flores lands but Lowery takes it in his stride.
Jab from Lowery.
Lowery paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Flores misses with an uppercut.
It seemed like Lowery was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Lowery lunges at Flores with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Flores's hand.
The fighters circling - Lowery throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Flores misses the shot to the body.
Lowery wants to counter with a clinch but Flores pushes him away.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lowery uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Flores.
Flores misses with a jab to the body
enabling Lowery to counter with a crisp jab.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Flores scores with a head kick. Lowery tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
Lowery closes the distance looking to clinch
and Flores connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Flores connects with a single shot there.
Flores slips under a jab from Lowery.
Lowery ducks under a wild hook from Flores.
Lowery misses with a double jab.
Lowery is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Flores is looking to counter punch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lowery lands a head shot.
Flores throws an off balance right hand
and Lowery connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Flores looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Lowery just misses with a punch to the body.
Lowery throws a right and a left that Flores avoids nicely.
Flores went nuts there looking for a big combo counter but none of the flurry connected.
Flores swings for the body but Lowery moves out of range.
A shot to the liver by Lowery. Beautiful body shot.
Flores gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Lowery.
Lowery scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Flores walks into a stiff left hand from Lowery.
Flores jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Lowery lands with a hook. Flores tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Flores swings widly with a right hand
and Lowery counters with a straight right hand.

Flores is rocked!
Lowery throws a hook to the side of Flores's head but Flores sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Flores swings widly with a right hand
and Lowery counters with a right hand to the body.
Flores pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Lowery avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Flores throws a body punch but Lowery moves out of range.
Lowery dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Flores has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.
Lowery tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Flores paws at him with a jab and circles away.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Arturo Lowery showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Antonio Flores'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!

Flores loads up on a big right hand but Lowery slips the punch.
Lowery is looking to clinch.
Flores misses with a left hand
and Lowery counters with a nice uppercut.
Lowery lands a really nice looking cross but Flores seems unphased.
Flores thows a leg kick but Lowery checks it
and Lowery counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
A cross from Lowery lands.
Oh Flores is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Flores throws a poor cross that misses
and Lowery scores with a counter punch that sends Flores to the canvas! Lowery smells blood - he's punishing Flores with more strikes and the ref has stopped it! Flores has no idea where he is - he's tackled the ref... oh dear, poor guy, the crowd is in hysterics!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:39 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Arturo Lowery!