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PBP Commentary |
Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Kameron Sweeney (ranked 2279 p4p, 1819 weight class) and Diego Lopez (ranked 264 p4p, 215 weight class). Sweeney comes to the cage accompanied by Eazy E - Boyz-n-the-Hood. Lopez comes into a darkened arena with his song building. 2PAC - All Eyez on Me kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! This should be a great matchup!
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177 cm 28 190 5 - 1 - 0 |
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184 cm 26 190 7 - 3 - 0 |
Good takedowns Basic striking Very quick |
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BJJ White Belt Excellent boxer Granite chin |
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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 5 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Kameron Sweeney! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of 7 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Diego Lopez! The judges for this bout are Leandro Rodrigues, Felipe Paraventi and Mauricio Rocha.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Lopez lands a nice looking body shot.
Sweeney gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily and Lopez counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head. Sweeney shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Lopez as he avoids it easily. Sweeney closes the distance looking to clinch and Sweeney takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles. Sweeney fails with the takedown and Lopez counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw. That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Kameron Sweeney. That's going to take a lot out of him. Lopez loads up on a big right hand but Sweeney slips the punch. Sweeney shoots in and drives through. Lopez sprawls well. It seemed like Lopez was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it. Sweeney doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body. Sweeney takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Lopez has done a lot of speed work in the buildup to this fight. Lopez misses with a hook. Sweeney ducked under it nicely. Horrible takedown attempt by Sweeney or perhaps it was just good defense by Lopez, which made it look bad. Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show! Sweeney shoots in but doesn't get the takedown and Lopez scores with a counter punch that sends Sweeney to the canvas! Lopez smells blood - he's punishing Sweeney with more strikes and the ref has stopped it! Sweeney has no idea where he is - he's tackled the ref... oh dear, poor guy, the crowd is in hysterics!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:58 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Diego Lopez! In his post fight interview, Diego Lopez started talking himself up. Luckily his charisma kept the crowd on side and gave him a good reception.
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energy
A | B |
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hype
A | B |
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pop
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mgr
A | B |
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RATING
72% |
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