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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Diego Lopez (ranked 671 p4p, 1408 weight class) and Eddie Alvarez (ranked 87 p4p, 173 weight class). Lopez comes to the cage accompanied by 2PAC - All Eyez on Me. Diego Lopez has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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Decent wrestler
Excellent boxer
Insanely flexible |
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BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank |
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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 11 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Diego Lopez!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 10 - 1 - 1, fighting out of Los Angeles, Eddie Alvarez!
The judges for this bout are Yasuomi Hirokawa, Ren Mimura and Yuuki Gou.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Alvarez comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Alvarez throws a shot from downtown. Lopez moves away and avoids it.
Alvarez lands a right hook to the body.
Alvarez is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Lopez.
Alvarez's jab looks to have found its range, popping Lopez under the eye.
Alvarez bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Alvarez throws a combination that misses
and Lopez counters with a stiff right hand.
Alvarez scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Alvarez with a jab.
Sloppy strikes from Alvarez. Those never looked like landing.
Lopez takes a body punch but keeps moving.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Alvarez throws the left hand but Lopez avoids the punch easily.
Lopez walks into a straight right hand from Alvarez.
Alvarez swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Lopez counters with a nice uppercut.
Alvarez scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Alvarez throws a series of punches but Lopez moves out of range.
Lopez steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Alvarez.
Lopez seem to be loading up, looking for a big counter.
A big right from Alvarez misses.
Alvarez throws a right and a left that both miss.
Alvarez throws a lazy uppercut
and Lopez cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Lopez drops his hands momentarily and Alvarez takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Lopez rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Alvarez moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Lopez looks to score with a jab to the body but Alvarez is just out of range.
Alvarez throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
A little feinted left hand from Lopez on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Alvarez misses with a right hand
and Lopez counters with a straight right hand.
It looks like Eddie Alvarez has been cut.
Alvarez lands with a hook. Lopez tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Nice jab there from Alvarez.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lopez ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Alvarez moves away.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Lopez connects with a nice looking jab.
Lopez misses with a two punch combination.
A big left from Alvarez misses.
A shot to the body from Alvarez misses
and Lopez cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Alvarez scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Alvarez misses with a hook
and Lopez counters with a nice right hand that sends Alvarez toppling to the canvas! Alvarez scrambles and gets back to his feet - can Lopez finish him?!
Alvarez is rocked!
Eddie Alvarez seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Alvarez just misses with a punch to the body.
Alvarez is still on wobbly legs! Can Lopez finish him?
Alvarez looks to land a left hand but Lopez moved out of range nicely.
Lopez is looking light on his feet compared to last time was saw him fight.
Lopez misses with a hook.
Lopez misses with a straight left.
Alvarez misses with a body shot.
Alvarez misses with a double jab.
Alvarez fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Alvarez seems to have recovered his senses.
Lopez avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lopez misses with a double jab.
Lopez throws a body shot but no joy.
Alvarez uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Lopez.
Alvarez blocks a jab.
Alvarez lands with a right hand.
Alvarez is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Lopez had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into mush.
Alvarez misses with a looping right.
Alvarez blocks a jab.
Lopez ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Lopez looks to land a left hand but Alvarez moved out of range nicely.
Alvarez swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Lopez seem to be loading up, looking for a big counter.
Alvarez throws a body shot but no joy.
Lopez ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Nice cross by Alvarez.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lopez has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Alvarez finds it's way round the side to connect with Lopez's head.
Lopez scores with a decent looking hook.
Lopez showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Alvarez.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Lopez throws a shot from downtown. Alvarez moves away and avoids it.
Alvarez feints a jab promting Lopez to slip. Alvarez then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Lopez slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
Alvarez missing with a left hand there. Lopez was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Lopez avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Lopez appears to be looking for a big counter.
Lopez on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Alvarez lands a jab to Lopez's midsection.
Alvarez swings widly with a right hand
and Lopez counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Alvarez misses with a hook to the body
and Lopez counters with a stiff right hand.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Eddie Alvarez dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Eddie Alvarez's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Alvarez throws an overhand right that lands on Lopez's shoulder, as Lopez tries to avoid the shot.
Alvarez throws a body punch but Lopez moves out of range.
A little feinted left hand from Lopez on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Alvarez throws a hook but Lopez blocks it.
Lopez is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Alvarez keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Alvarez avoids the body shot from Lopez.
Lopez takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Alvarez takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Alvarez pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Alvarez ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Lopez jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Alvarez swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Alvarez throws a sloppy body shot
and Lopez counters with a stiff right hand.
Alvarez throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Alvarez throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Lopez lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Alvarez circles away quickly and effectively.
Alvarez looks to land a right hand but Lopez moved out of range.
Lopez keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Alvarez.
Alvarez tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Lopez was well out of range. Poor timing from Alvarez.
Alvarez throws a lazy uppercut
and Lopez counters with a right hand to the body.
Alvarez jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Alvarez lands a nice shot to the body.
Alvarez moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Alvarez throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Lopez was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
Lopez moves out of range as Alvarez strikes.
Alvarez throws a looping overhand right but Lopez ducks down to avoid it.
Lopez misses with a straight left.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lopez is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Alvarez uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Lopez.
The fighters circling - Lopez throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A jab from Alvarez does it's job there.
Alvarez scores with a nice strike.
Lopez waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Alvarez.
Alvarez throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Alvarez throws a lazy right hand but Lopez sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Alvarez scores with a nice head shot.
Alvarez takes a swing at Lopez's ribcage but misses.
Lopez is looking to counter punch.
Lopez looks to land a right hand but Alvarez moved out of range.
Lopez misses with a right hand
and Lopez takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lopez throws out a loose jab but Alvarez uses good head movement to avoid it.
Alvarez lands a jab to Lopez's midsection.
Lopez misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Alvarez tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Lopez was well out of range. Poor timing from Alvarez.
Alvarez misses with a hook.
Lopez displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Alvarez throws out the jab.
A slow jab from Lopez misses its intended target.
Alvarez throws a body shot but no joy.
Alvarez misses with an uppercut.
Alvarez takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Alvarez blocks a jab.
A big left from Alvarez misses.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Alvarez clobbers Lopez with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Alvarez lands with a good body shot.
Alvarez throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Alvarez takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Lopez walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Alvarez slips a jab from Lopez.
Lopez looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Alvarez comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Lopez throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Alvarez tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Lopez was well out of range. Poor timing from Alvarez.
Alvarez connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Alvarez lands a body shot.
Alvarez misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Eddie Alvarez showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Eddie Alvarez'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!
Alvarez waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Lopez.
Alvarez throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Lopez cracks Alvarez with a good jab.
Lopez closes the distance and lands a vicious right hand that drops Alvarez! Lopez dives in looking to finish! Alvarez is still trying to defend himself but he's taking too many shots and the referee has no choice but to stop the fight!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:20 of round 3, 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
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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RATING
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