PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Alberto Lopez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and luis The Brazilian Thunder (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Lopez's entrance music is Apeman. A fine choice. The Brazilian Thunder has chosen Breakin the Law as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. On his way into the cage it seems that Alberto Lopez has been attacked by a crazed fan! It looks like it might have been the just bleed guy! Luckily Alberto Lopez seems to be OK! I thought that lunatic was in prison!?

Lopez
vs
The Brazilian Thunder

175 cm
21
146 lbs
5 - 1 - 0

178 cm
26
135 lbs
7 - 3 - 1

BJJ Brown Belt
Excellent boxer
Very strong

Decent wrestler
Excellent MT
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Alberto Lopez!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 3 - 1, fighting out of Sydney, luis The Brazilian Thunder!
The judges for this bout are Steve Erwin, Donatello Bradman and Hugh Johnson.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
An inside leg kick lands from Lopez.
The Brazilian Thunder pulls out of a head kick attempt.
The Brazilian Thunder shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Lopez avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
The Brazilian Thunder tries a head kick but it misses.
Lopez throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Lopez ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
The Brazilian Thunder wants to clinch.
Lopez tries a low kick but The Brazilian Thunder avoids it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The Brazilian Thunder tries to clinch up but Lopez circles away and keeps his distance.
Alberto Lopez seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Lopez fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. The Brazilian Thunder looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Lopez avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Lopez throws a leg kick but The Brazilian Thunder sees it coming and moves out of range.
Lopez misses with a looping right.
Lopez throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Lopez dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on The Brazilian Thunder. That did some damage!
The Brazilian Thunder fails with an attempt to clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
The Brazilian Thunder tries to clinch up.
Lopez connects with a jab.
Lopez throws a half hearted mid kick.
Lopez misses with a looping right.
The Brazilian Thunder tries to close the distance and clinch up but Lopez swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Lopez swats away the attempt to clinch by The Brazilian Thunder.
Lopez swings and misses with a hook to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A head kick misses from The Brazilian Thunder.
Lopez throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Lopez throws a hook but The Brazilian Thunder blocks it.
Lopez throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Lopez is looking to score with low kicks.
The Brazilian Thunder throws a hook but Lopez blocks it.
The Brazilian Thunder tries to clinch but Lopez moves out of range.
The Brazilian Thunder tries to close the distance and clinch but Lopez swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Nice shot by Lopez.
Lopez looks to land a left hand but The Brazilian Thunder moved out of range nicely.
Lopez cracks The Brazilian Thunder with a right hand to the side of the head.
The Brazilian Thunder tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Lopez paws at him with a jab and circles away.
The Brazilian Thunder moves out of range of the body kick from Lopez.
The Brazilian Thunder tries to close the distance and clinch up but Lopez swats him away and circles back towards the center.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
The Brazilian Thunder moves in looking to clinch but Lopez pushes him off.
Lopez misses the shot to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Alberto Lopez dominated that round.
That's time! Lopez's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

The Brazilian Thunder stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Lopez.
The Brazilian Thunder misses with a head kick.
Lopez walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. The Brazilian Thunder checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
luis The Brazilian Thunder is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Lopez's corner calls for a 1-2. Lopez obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Lopez takes a swing at The Brazilian Thunder's ribcage but misses.
Lopez misses with a body shot.
The Brazilian Thunder on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
The Brazilian Thunder tries to clinch but Lopez moves out of range.
Lopez connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A slow jab from The Brazilian Thunder misses its intended target.
The Brazilian Thunder ducks under a wild hook from Lopez.
Lopez throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Lopez throws a jab but it's blocked by The Brazilian Thunder.
Lopez tests The Brazilian Thunder's chin there with a solid looking shot.
The Brazilian Thunder tries to clinch but Lopez moves out of range.
The Brazilian Thunder doesn't manage to clinch there - Lopez circles away.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
The Brazilian Thunder wants to clinch up but Lopez keeps it at a distance.
The Brazilian Thunder doesn't manage to clinch there - Lopez circles away.
The Brazilian Thunder has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Lopez finds it's way round the side to connect with The Brazilian Thunder's head.
Lopez smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
A big left from Lopez misses.
Lopez misses with a few strikes there.
The Brazilian Thunder on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
The Brazilian Thunder is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The Brazilian Thunder tries to clinch but Lopez moves out of range.
The Brazilian Thunder tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
The Brazilian Thunder tries to clinch up.
The fight stays on the outside here - The Brazilian Thunder looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Good leg kick by Lopez there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
The Brazilian Thunder slips under a jab from Lopez.
Lopez looks to land a left hand but The Brazilian Thunder moved out of range nicely.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
The Brazilian Thunder wants to clinch.
The Brazilian Thunder tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Lopez thumps The Brazilian Thunder with a low kick.
Lopez takes a kick to the side of the head.

It looks like Alberto Lopez has been cut.
Some bone on bone action there as The Brazilian Thunder checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
The Brazilian Thunder tries to clinch up but Lopez circles away and keeps his distance.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Alberto Lopez dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Alberto Lopez'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. The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!

Lopez scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Lopez throws a jab but it's blocked by The Brazilian Thunder.

The Brazilian Thunder drives through and clinches with Lopez against the cage.
Lopez tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. The Brazilian Thunder just stands there and leans against the cage.
Lopez lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt The Brazilian Thunder or not.
The Brazilian Thunder misses with a knee strike.
The Brazilian Thunder managing to block the knees to the body from Lopez.
Lopez lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Lopez tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Lopez blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
The Brazilian Thunder tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
The Brazilian Thunder unloads a knee to the mid-section.
The Brazilian Thunder using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Lopez has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Lopez lands a body punch in the clinch.
The Brazilian Thunder throws an elbow but it misses.
The Brazilian Thunder looking to throw knees to the head but Lopez is blocking nicely.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lopez is trying to break the clinch but The Brazilian Thunder is controlling him.
Lopez wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Lopez tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.

Lopez breaks from the clinch.
Lopez misses with a jab, cross combination.
Lopez avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
The Brazilian Thunder tries to clinch up.
Lopez lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.

It looks like luis The Brazilian Thunder has been cut.
Lopez throws and low kick but The Brazilian Thunder moves out of range easily.
The Brazilian Thunder doesn't manage to clinch there - Lopez circles away.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The Brazilian Thunder tries to close the distance and clinch up but Lopez swats him away and circles back towards the center.
A looping hook to the body misses from Lopez. The Brazilian Thunder does a little dance to reset his feet.
luis The Brazilian Thunder has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Lopez scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
The Brazilian Thunder wants to clinch up but Lopez keeps it at a distance.
Lopez misses with a looping left.
Lopez throws a low kick, looking for The Brazilian Thunder's leg but The Brazilian Thunder calmly moves out of range.
The Brazilian Thunder is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Lopez loads up on a big right hand but The Brazilian Thunder slips the punch.
The Brazilian Thunder walks into a left hand.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The Brazilian Thunder fails with an attempt to clinch.
Lopez misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
A good leg kick by Lopez.
Alberto Lopez is winning the standup battle so far.
Lopez scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Lopez lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
The Brazilian Thunder pulls out of a head kick attempt.
The Brazilian Thunder takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Lopez misses the shot to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The Brazilian Thunder fails with an attempt to clinch.
Lopez scores with a nice strike.
A big right from Lopez misses.
The Brazilian Thunder tries to close the distance and clinch but Lopez swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Lopez connects with a jab.
The Brazilian Thunder goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
The Brazilian Thunder's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Lopez throws a front kick aimed at The Brazilian Thunder's knee but The Brazilian Thunder avoids it well.
The Brazilian Thunder throws a head kick that misses
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.

And that's the end of the fight!
Alberto 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 Steve Erwin scores the fight 30:27
Judge Donatello Bradman scores the fight 30:27
Judge Hugh Johnson scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Alberto Lopez!