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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Pedro Lopez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Petro Petralha (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Lopez's entrance music is South Texas Death Ride. A fine choice. Both fighter's entrance songs getting the crowd jumping here.
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170 lbs
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183 lbs
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Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
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BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
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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
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Pedro Lopez!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Petro Petralha!
The judges for this bout are Yukihiro Shimada, Hirohito Nitta and Kenichi Hosakawa.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Lopez throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
A punch combination from Lopez misses.
Lopez cracks Petralha with a good jab.
Petralha tries to close the distance and clinch up but Lopez swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Lopez ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Petralha ducks under a wild hook from Lopez.
Petralha walks into a left hand.
Lopez listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Petralha misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Petralha pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Lopez displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Petralha shoots in for a takedown but Lopez shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Petralha takes a jab right on the kisser.
Lopez circles away from the clinch attempt.
Petralha tries to clinch up.
Lopez jabs at Petralha's body.
Lopez moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Petralha on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Lopez darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Petralha moves away from the strike by Lopez.
The fighters circling - Lopez throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Petralha shoots for a takedown but Lopez saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Petralha shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Lopez as he avoids it easily.
Pedro Lopez has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Petro Petralha.
Lopez shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
Petralha looking for a sweep. Not yet Petralha, not yet.
Lopez working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Petralha's head.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Lopez sitting in guard here, content to control.
Lopez has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.
Lopez is working Petralha over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lopez postures up.
Lopez passes easily into side control. Nice work.
Petralha is trying to improve his position.
Lopez working the ground and pound from side control.
Petralha is looking for a sweep.
Lopez tries to advance to mount but can't.
Petralha is looking to regain half guard here but Lopez keeps moving and retains side control.
Lopez scoring with punches from side control.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Petralha tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Lopez wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Lopez works to advance to full mount. Petralha defends for a few seconds but eventually he succumbs.
Petralha really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Lopez. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Lopez controlling his opponent.
Petralha tries to lock up and control but Lopez gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Lopez with the ground and pound from mount.
Petralha working to try and regain half guard.
Lopez postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Petralha looks a forlorn figure.
The referee warns Petralha that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lopez sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Lopez avoids the attempt from Petralha to control.
Petralha is wriggling around trying to escape.
Lopez controlling from the full mount.
Lopez postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Petralha looks a forlorn figure.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Pedro Lopez dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.
Lopez misses with a looping right.
Pedro Lopez seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Petralha takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Petralha takes a jab right on the kisser.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Lopez, as that shot connected.
Lopez scores with a jab.
Petralha drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Lopez punishes Petralha's body with a nice straight punch.
Lopez stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Nice uppercut lands for Lopez. That snapped Petralha's head back.
Lopez looks to land a left hand but Petralha moved out of range nicely.
Petralha slips under a jab.
Lopez stuffs the takedown.
Lopez scores with a shot to the body.
Petralha needs to keep his hands up - Lopez had a free shot at his head there.
Lopez fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Petralha looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Lopez swats away the attempt to clinch by Petralha.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Petralha fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Petralha tries to clinch up.
Petralha tries for a takedown but Lopez circles away easily
and Lopez counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Pedro Lopez has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Petro Petralha.
Petralha is breathing heavily.
Lopez lands with a shot to the body.
Petralha shoots and misses
enabling Lopez to counter with a crisp jab.
Lopez takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Lopez misses with the combination.
Lopez lands with a straight right. Petralha didn't see that one coming.
Lopez lands with a right hand.
Petralha is trying desperately to land a takedown but Lopez is having absolutely none of it. This is turning into a bit of a nightmare for Petralha.
Lopez keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Lopez tests Petralha's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Lopez scores with a nice strike.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Petralha tries for a takedown but Lopez circles away easily
so Lopez counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
Petralha can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Lopez controls the pace.
Lopez slips nicely into half guard.
Lopez seems content to maintain position for now, rather than mounting any offense.
Lopez's ground tactics aren't going to win him many fans. Let's hope he's got fireworks for us if he gets back to his feet because he's not doing much on the ground.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lopez is looking to pass the guard... He's managed it - he's now in full mount!
Lopez controlling the position easily from mount.
Lopez working the ground and pound effectively.
Lopez takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Lopez lands a heavy elbow.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lopez landing punches.
Petralha keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Lopez has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Lopez landing strikes from the mount.
Petralha is rocked!
Lopez dominating with strikes here.
Petralha is still in real trouble! Can Lopez finish him?
Lopez content just to control the position here.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Pedro Lopez dominated that second round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!
Lopez stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Lopez wants it to stay on the feet.
Petralha seems to have recovered his senses.
Lopez tests Petralha's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Lopez feints and as Petralha raises his hands in defense, Lopez changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
Petralha is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Lopez chips away with some ground and pound.
Petralha being controlled here, momentarily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
The referee stands the fighters back up. Pedro Lopez just wasn't active enough from the dominant position.
Lopez lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Petralha tries to clinch
letting Lopez counter with a right hand.
Petralha shoots for a takedown but Lopez saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
A telegraphed right hand from Lopez misses the target.
Lopez connects with a looping right hand.
Petralha uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Lopez.
Lopez stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Lopez wants it to stay on the feet.
Pedro Lopez has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Petro Petralha.
Petralha takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Petralha drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Petralha changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Lopez tries to avoid it but Petralha manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Lopez to the ground. Lopez escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Lopez lands a nice hook to Petralha's body. Petralha takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Lopez lands a nice shot to the body.
A punch lands to the side of Petralha 's head but he takes it in his stride.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Petralha shoots for a double leg takedown but Lopez sprawls well. He's pushed Petralha's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Lopez scores with a crisp jab that stopped Petralha in his tracks.
Petralha walks into a left hand.
Jab, jab by Lopez - just one landing.
Lopez lands a really nice looking cross but Petralha seems unphased.
Petralha slips a jab and a cross from Lopez.
Petralha shoots for a takedown but Lopez saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Lopez lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Lopez dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Lopez swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Petralha.
Decent striking displayed by Lopez there.
Lopez shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Lopez showed some decent athleticism there.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Lopez seems content to maintain position for now, rather than mounting any offense.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lopez working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Neither fighter is being very active at the moment, with Lopez in particular looking to stall.
Nice strikes from Lopez there.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Lopez scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Lopez working the head and body with strikes.
Lopez controlling the action here.
Lopez passes the guard and advances to mount!
Lopez with the ground and pound from mount.
Petro Petralha has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Lopez looking to finish Petralha with some ground and pound. This is bad for Petralha!
And that's the end of the fight!
Pedro Lopez showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Lopez has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Yukihiro Shimada scores the fight 30:25
Judge Hirohito Nitta scores the fight 30:24
Judge Kenichi Hosakawa scores the fight 30:24
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Pedro Lopez!
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